Kernel compile error

theabyyss · 03-19-2002, 01:53 PM

trying to compile my own kernel, i ran make xconfig, configured everything, but using

make dep;make clean;make zImage;make modules

to compile didn't work. I got two "Error 2"s after a few minutes. the last line of output was "make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2]" after a "Leaving directory ;.usr/src/linux/drivers'". What's wrong? how can I fix it? If it's any help, i'm running red hat 7.0, and trying to install kernel 2.4.17.
this is my first time compiling the kernel. help me please!

jrmann1999 · 03-19-2002, 02:46 PM

#1: make xconfig && make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install

the && will make sure the next command does NOT execute if the previous one didn't exit cleanly.

#2: On your error, does it say what module is failing? THere should be some kind of source code reference or linking reference. Just saying that you had a problem in [_mod_drivers] doesn't really say much.

theabyyss · 04-07-2002, 08:45 PM

that didn't work. i get the same errors. it doesn't tell me what module it is, it just says it had an error in that directory.

pierre · 04-08-2002, 04:12 AM

make xconfig; make dep; make clean; make modules; make modules_install; make zImage

crashmeister · 04-08-2002, 04:36 AM

Are you sure that you got all the sources installed?
You can try buildkernel at http://buildkernel.stearns.org that will install the latest stable sources and the kernel.
You can always modify the kernel afterwards.